Category: Internet

Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday forecast a strong finish to the year, driven by the planned launch of artificial intelligence chips that could compete with Nvidia semiconductors. AMD shares rose about 3 percent in after-hours trading. CEO Lisa Su said AMD is set to ramp up production of its flagship MI300 artificial intelligence chips in […]

Nintendo’s next mainline console is reportedly set to launch in the second half of 2024. As per VGC’s sources, development kits for the next gaming console have been sent out to ‘key partner studios,’ adding that it can be used in portable mode akin to the current Nintendo Switch. It’s common for console manufacturers like […]

Snapchat announced a new rewards program for Snap AR creators based in India on Tuesday. Called the ‘Lens Creator Rewards’, this initiative will reward Indian creators who use the Snap AR platform to create filters and other Augmented Reality (AR) experiences, that are then offered for use to Snapchat’s global users. Snapchat has been actively […]

A senate committee investigating how foreign powers use social media to interfere in Australia has recommended a swathe of rules and restrictions for social media platforms, including potentially banning Chinese messaging service WeChat on government devices. Tuesday’s report contains 17 recommendations including new transparency rules enforceable by fines, expanding an existing TikTok ban on government […]

A new month brings more new games to look forward to, and August is no different. A diverse lineup of games both big and small awaits us, covering a wide spectrum of genres. Kicking things off is a heavy hitter — Baldur’s Gate 3, the much-awaited RPG from Larian Studios, which arrives August 3. You […]

Meg 2: The Trench — out August 3 in theatres — sees Jason Statham returning to beat up a pack of giant megalodon sharks, as they race to the beach shoreline. It’s the perfect kind of campy, unbridled chaos that lets loose a wild species long thought to be extinct, on the big screen for […]

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday sued a nonprofit that fights hate speech and disinformation, accusing it of asserting false claims and encouraging advertisers to pause investment on the platform. US media reported earlier that X, owned by Elon Musk, had sent a letter to the Center for Countering Digital Hate […]

It is gone. A giant, glowing X no longer marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that is headquarters to Elon Musk’s messaging company X, formerly known as Twitter. The city building department logged 24 complaints after a weekend of the big X, which on Friday was erected on the roof of the company’s […]

Advertisers and businesses will now be able to auto-generate advertisements on Google Ads platform, said Dan Taylor, vice president of global ads at Google. Using Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), Google Ads will be able to create campaign workflows based on business prompts given by marketers. “It learns from the […]

Sony Pictures is shaking up its release calendar amidst the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes, delaying a slew of major releases. Upcoming and confirmed Marvel projects have been pushed to 2024 and beyond, with Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse being completely taken off its planned March 29, 2024 date. Kraven the Hunter, which was eyeing a […]

Just when you thought the withdrawal symptoms from the end of prime ). All seven episodes of The Jengaburu Curse will be available to stream August 9 on Sony Liv. Strange Planet When: August 9Where: Apple TV+ Strange Planet is set in a whimsical pastel landscape of cotton candy pink and light purple, where a […]

A Foxconn unit will on Monday sign an agreement with India’s Tamil Nadu state to build a new facility for electronic components that will create 6,000 new jobs, a senior state government source with direct knowledge said. The subsidiary, Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), plans to invest Rs. 1,600 crore ($194.45 million) to build a campus […]

Amazon Great Freedom Festival sale 2023 dates have been announced by the e-commerce giant. The upcoming sale will bring several deals, discounts, and offers for customers who are looking to purchase smartphones, laptops, audio accessories, smart home devices, and other electronics. Unlike the recently concluded Amazon Prime Day sale, all customers will be able to […]

A giant, glowing X marks the San Francisco spot where Elon Musk says he plans to keep his company, the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. But city officials and some residents are unhappy with the display. On Friday, the company erected an “X” logo on the roof of its Market Street headquarters, to […]

Walmart has paid $1.4 billion (roughly Rs. 11,520 crore) to buy out hedge fund Tiger Global’s investment in e-commerce firm Flipkart, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a letter by the hedge-fund to its investors. A Walmart spokesperson confirmed the transaction in an emailed response to Reuters but did not comment on financial […]

Twitter was recently rebranded as X by owner Elon Musk. On Friday, Musk claimed that the social media platform reached “new heights” with more than 540 million monthly users as compared to the reported 229 million monthly active users in May 2022. Musk took over the site in November 2022, and has since made several […]

Elon Musk said on Friday that monthly users of social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, reached a “new high” and shared a graph that showed the latest count as over 540 million. Musk’s post on X about the user figures comes as the company goes through organisational changes and looks to boost advertising […]

US President Joe Biden is planning to sign an executive order to limit critical US technology investments in China by mid-August, according to people familiar with the internal deliberations. The order focuses on semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. It won’t affect any existing investments and will only prohibit certain transactions. Other deals will have […]

The Primetime Emmy Awards are likely to be postponed due to the ongoing dual strikes called by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in the US. According to Variety, vendors had been told the awards would no longer be happening on September 18 as planned. The Television Academy and cable network Fox, which will broadcast the 75th […]

Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store. Epic, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, filed a request asking the nation’s highest court to lift a July 17 […]

Google is rolling out its unwanted tracker detection feature on Android devices, weeks after the company announced the feature at Google I/O 2023. Users who are running recent versions of Android will receive alerts when they are being tracked by an unknown Bluetooth-based tracker. The first device to be supported by the feature is Apple’s […]

Technology firms will be given 50 percent financial assistance for setting up semiconductor manufacturing facility the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, as he announced that his government has rolled out the red carpet for semiconductor industries. Speaking after inaugurating Semicon India 2023 conference in Gandhinagar, PM Modi said India is establishing an […]

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is bringing popular rappers into the game, in celebration of 50 years of Hip-Hop music. As part of its Season 5 update, coming August 2, Activision confirmed that Snoop Dogg and Nicki Minaj will be joining the game and its battle royale counterpart, Warzone 2.0, as playable operators. Other […]

US chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices said on Friday it will invest around $400 million (roughly Rs. 3,290 crore) in India over the next five years and will build its largest design centre in the tech hub of Bengaluru. AMD’s announcement was made by its Chief Technology Officer Mark Papermaster at an annual semiconductor conference that started […]

Meta Platforms executives are heavily focused on boosting retention on their new Twitter rival Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its buzzy launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday. Retention of users on the text-based app was better than executives had expected, though it was […]

Reels, Meta Platforms’ answer to viral short-form video app TikTok, elicited eyerolls when it launched in 2020 and was regarded as yet another example of Meta copying a popular rival. But on Wednesday, Meta revealed numbers that show Reels videos are growing rapidly among both users and advertisers and are quickly catching up to the […]

Amazon India on Thursday announced its first-ever floating store on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, as part of its last-mile delivery programme “I Have Space”.  Murtaza Khan Kashi, owner of houseboat Selec Town, will deliver packages every day to customers at the doorstep of their houseboats as part of the onboarding. Amazon Logistics, India, Director […]

A parliamentary panel on Thursday expressed concern over mushrooming of cyber crimes and increasing data vulnerability, and suggested that the government should come out with a framework to deal with such risks.  The Standing Committee on Finance recommended setting up of Cyber Protection Authority (CPA) and advocated that the CPA engage ethical hackers to test […]

Microsoft is reportedly expanding its Bing AI chatbot to other browsers like Chrome and Safari. While there has been no official rollout of the same, there have been reports citing confirmation from the company about the new update. Bing chatbot is said to be available for select users on Chrome and Safari. While the feature is […]

PlayStation Plus’ monthly free games for August 2023 have been announced. The three titles will be available to members of PS Plus Essential, Extra, and Deluxe/ Premium plans, starting August 1. Members can compete to become the next FedExCup Champion in PGA Tour 2K23, slay armies of fantastical beasts and demigods in Death’s Door, and […]